Forward Deployed Engineer (m/f/d) – Innovation Department (DIIT)

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Forward Deployed Engineer (m/f/d) – Innovation Department (DIIT)

Join us at Dedalus, one of the World’s leading healthcare technology companies, in our Vienna office and contribute to building the future of digital healthcare.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer in our Innovation Department, you will do some of the most meaningful work of your career and help us deliver better care for a healthier planet.

What you will achieve

The Dedalus Innovation team explores emerging technologies to accelerate the path from ideas to market across our Imaging portfolio.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will:

• Be part of a multidisciplinary innovation team and act as the intersection of customers, Product Management, and R&D — rapidly prototyping and validating new solutions that have the potential to transform healthcare workflows

• Work closely with our partner clinicians, product owners, and software engineers to turn early-stage ideas into functional prototypes that can evolve into scalable products. Your code will not just be “proof-of-concept” — it will set the technical foundation for future productization within our R&D organization

Key Responsibilities:

• Prototype Development: Design and implement functional prototypes using modern tech stacks — from backend APIs to lightweight UIs

• Idea Acceleration: Translate clinical and business concepts into tangible technical artifacts, collaborating closely with innovation team members, product managers, and software engineers

• Technical Handover: Develop clean, modular, and well-documented prototypes that can be seamlessly transitioned to R&D for productization

• Integration Readiness: Ensure compatibility with the DIIT Dedalus solutions (DeepUnity) through proper architecture choices and interoperability standards (FHIR, DICOM, HL7)

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with developers, UX designers, and clinical experts to quickly iterate on user feedback and feasibility

• Exploratory Work: Test and evaluate emerging technologies — AI/ML APIs, LLMs, cloud-native pipelines— to identify how they can add value to existing or future products

• Contribute to Innovation Culture: Document learnings, share best practices, and mentor others on rapid prototyping methodologies

We are looking for a person who is open to working in an international team and who has no problem with traveling.

Essential Requirements:

• Education: Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in computer science, Engineering, or related field

• Experience: 3+ years in software engineering, ideally in a startup, lab, or innovation context where speed and code quality both matters

Technical Skills:

• Strong coding skills in at least one major programming language (eg. Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Java or C++)

• Experience with modern frameworks (eg. FastAPI, Node.js, React)

• Hands-on experience with containerization (e.g., Docker and/or Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines from a development and deployment standpoint is a plus

• Good understanding of APIs and databases and familiarity with cloud environments (Azure or AWS)

• Knowledge of data formats and healthcare standards (DICOM, FHIR, HL7) is a plus

• Experience working with AI/ML, Large Language Model APIs is highly valued

• Comfortable learning and using the right tool or language for the job

• Experience integrating with customer systems in real-world deployments

Mindset: You thrive in ambiguity, move fast without compromising on code integrity, and are passionate about seeing your ideas make real-world impact in healthcare

Language: English (professional working proficiency), German, and/or French is a plus

We offer you: 

• All the advantages of an established, international company  

• You are part of a first-class, creative, and innovative team

• Complete hardware and software equipment for comfortable working in your home office

• You have creative leeway and a high degree of influence on your work

• Flexible working hours and the possibility of working from home

• The option to attend conferences, training, and technology certifications

• Opportunities for professional growth: Junior candidates are encouraged to apply, with the chance to gradually adopt new skills and responsibilities as they grow into the role

• You can actively shape the visions and goals of the products

The minimum salary for this position is € 45.000,-- gross per year (38.5 working hours) according to the IT-collective agreement in Austria, an overpayment plus bonus arrangement depending on qualification/experience is self-evident for us.

Be part of our innovative power and shape the future with us!   
#teamdedalus #together4success #dedalusgroup 

We are looking forward to receiving your online application!  

Dedalus HealthCare Ges.m.b.H.   
Human Resources  
Quartier Belvedere Central 
Gertrude-Fröhlich-Sandner-Straße 1  
A - 1100 Wien 

https://www.dedalus.com/dach/de/karriere

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